: Engineers are another Convenant race, like the Grunts and the Elites. They're
: not used for combat; they're the Covenant experts on technology and
: reverse-engineering. You can find all this out in the book Halo: The Fall
: of Reach.

: If I recall correctly, they were cut from the game because they didn't really
: do anything except give the Grunts something to hide behind. :-)